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+## Helloworld C++: an example project using Automake
+
+## Place generated object files (.o) into the same directory as their source
+## files, in order to avoid collisions when non-recursive make is used.
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects
+
+## Additional flags to pass to aclocal when it is invoked automatically at
+## make time. The ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS} variable is picked up from the environment
+## to provide a way for the user to supply additional arguments.
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS}
+
+## Define an executable target "hello", which will be installed into the
+## directory named by the predefined variable $(bindir).
+bin_PROGRAMS = test1
+
+## Define the list of source files for the "hello" target. The file extension
+## .cpp is recognized by Automake, and causes it to produce rules which invoke
+## the C++ compiler to produce an object file (.o) from each source file. The
+## header files (.h) do not result in object files by themselves, but will be
+## included in distribution archives of the project.
+test1_SOURCES = test/test1.cpp
+
+## Define an independent executable script for inclusion in the distribution
+## archive. It will not be installed on an end user's system, however.
+dist_noinst_SCRIPTS = autogen.sh